Settee.



S. P. BALENTINE.

SETTEE. v APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 27, 1910- Patented Sept. 27, 1910.

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STEVEN FRANKLIN BALENTINE, 0F CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.

SETTEE.

Application filed June 27, 1910.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEVEN FRANKLIN BALENTINE, a citlzen of the UnitedStates,

and a resident of Charleston, in the county of Charleston and State ofSouth Carolina, have invented certain Improvements in Settees, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in benches or settees, and relates moreespecially to the corner fastening devices for connecting the seat andback to the supporting legs.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a corner-fasteningdevice for stools, benches, settees, and similar articles of furniture,which will permit the several parts of the article to be shipped inknock-down form, so as to occupy comparatively little space, and of suchpeculiar construction that all the parts may be quickly and convenientlyassembled by an unskilled person, and securely locked together.

A further object of my invention is to provide a metal corner-fasteningof this character, which will form a strong and firm connection betweenthe seat and supporting legs of a bench or settee, and is adapted tocooperate with a metal fixture on the back of a settee for securing saidback to the seat.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear,and what I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters-Patent,is more specifically set forth in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification:Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing the application of my inventionto a settee. Fig. 2 is a detail view, showing the form of metalfastening device which is used in connection with the front supportinglegs of the settee. Fig. 3 is a detail view of one of the rearsupporting-legs of the settee. Fig. 1 is a detail view of one of therear corner-fastenings and cooperating metal fixture which is attachedto the hack of the settee. Fig. 5 is a front view of the metal fixtureattached to the back of the settee. Fig. 6 is a detail view of thelocking-lever employed for securing the parts together.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of thedrawings.

In the present instance I have shown my improved corner fastening deviceas employed in the construction of a settee or lawn-bench, comprisingthe front and rear Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 27, ieio.

Serial No. 569,123.

supporting-legs 7 and 8, respectively, the seat 9, and the back 10; theseat being COII1- posed of slats attached at their ends to crosspiecesor blocks 11, and the back composed of slats attached tosupportingstandards 12. It will be understood, however, that any otherstyle of seat and back may be used to form a settee or lawn-bench ofsuitable design, and also that the particular form of corner-fasteningmay be employed in constructing a stool or bench without a back.

In carrying out my invention the upper portion of the supporting-legs 7and 8 are shaped to receive a metal sleeve 13, forming part of thefastening-device, in the present instance said upper portion of each legbeing reduced and rounded, as at let, to receive acorrespondingly-shaped sleeve which seats upon the shoulder 14 and abovethe rounded portions the legs may be shaped to form suitable ornamentalcap-pieces 15, those of the rear supporting legs being flattened, as at16, when a back is to be applied to the article of furniture, said flatsurface cooperating with the fixture for the back, hereinafterdescribed.

The metal sleeve of each fastening device is provided at one side with ahorizontal socket 17, formed integrally therewith to receive the seat ofthe settec, said socket being extended laterally at each side, as shownin Fig. 1, to provide an additional bearing for said seat, and in orderto thoroughly brace this socket it is provided with a pair of dependingarms 18, 18, which are spaced apart at their upper ends and meet attheir lower ends to form a terminal eye 19, for attachment to thesupporting leg at a point below the fastening device proper. The upperpart of the sleeve and socket are connected by a strengthening web 20,and in making up those fastening devices which are intended for the rearsupporting-legs of a settee, the web, 21, (Fig. t), is slightly enlargedand provided with a bolt-hole, so as to cooperate with the metal fixtureof the back.

Each metal corner-fastening device described is provided with alockinglever 22, pivoted to a flange 22-3 on the underside of thesocket, and has an angularly bent member 22, adapted to engage a metalfixture or lug 24:, secured to the underside of the seat or cross-piecethereof, said lug being properly located from the edge of the seat sothat the lever will bind thereon when moved into engagement therewith.

The metal fixture for the lower end of each standard of the backcomprises an upper socket 25, to receive the lower end of said standard,a lower socket 26, to receive the flange 21 of the metalcorner-fastening device, and an intermediate shoulder 27 which isadapted to bear upon the upper flattened end 16 of the rearsupportingleg, the socket portion 25 of said fixture being fastened tothe standard 12 by bolts 28. The fixture attached to the back is securedto the corner-fastening device of the supporting leg by means of a boltor pin engaging the registering bolt-holes in the parts 21 and 26.

In practice the corner-fastening devices form part of thesupporting-legs, and the metal fixture or sockets 2526 are attached toand carried by the standards of the back; so that the four supportinglegs, the seat, and the back may be separated and packed closelytogether for shipping the settee or lawn-bench, and that in assemblingthe parts it is only necessary to slip the seat portion into the socketsof the corner-fastenings and swing the bentlever 22 into engagement withthe lugs 24: so as to lock the supporting legs securely to the seat; andthen apply the back by simply fitting the sockets 26 at the lower end ofthe back-standards 12 over the flanges 21 of the rear corner-fasteningsand insert the pins or bolts through the parts 20 and 26.

When it is desired to construct an ordinary fiat bench or stool, withouta back, the corner-fastening shown in Fig. 2, may be used for all foursupporting-legs, and in this instance all the supporting-legs would beprovided with an ornamental cap-piece 15.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. In a settee or bench, incombination with the rear supporting legs, of a corner fasteningcomprising a vertical attaching sleeve fitting upon the supporting legbelow the upper end thereof, a horizontal socket at one side of thesleeve, and an upwardlyprojecting flange on the socket; together with afixture having an upper socket receiving a standard of the back of thesettee, a lower socket receiving the aforesaid flange, and a shoulderresting upon the upper end of the supporting leg; substantially asshown. and described.

2. A metal corner-fastening for s'ettees, benches, etc., comprising avertical attaching sleeve, a horizontal socket at one side of the same,an upwardly-projecting flange, and a locking-lever pivoted to thefastening device; together with a fixture attached to the seat of thesettee or bench for locking engagement of the lever therewith, and afixture adapted to be secured to the back of the settee and having asocket to receive the aforesaid flange, substantially as shown anddescribed.

3. A metal corner-fastening for settees, benches, etc., comprising avertical attaching sleeve, a horizontal socketat one side of the same,bracingarms depending from the socket, and an upwardly-projecting'flange connecting the upper part of the sleeve and socket and having abolt-hole; together with a fixture having an upper socket receiving thestandard of the back and a lower socket to receive the aforesaid flangeof the corner fastening, said lower socket having a bolt holeregistering with the bolt-hole in the flange to receive a connectingbolt, substan tially as shown and described.

t. A metal corner-fastening for settees, benches, etc., comprising avertical attaching sleeve, a horizontal socket at one side thereof toreceive the seat of the settee, bracing-arms depending from the socket,and an upwardly-projecting flange; a locking-lever pivoted to thecorner-fastening, and a fixture secured to the seat for lockingengagement of the lever therewith; together with fixtures for securingthe back of the settee, comprising each an upper socket to receive theback-standard, a lower socket to receive the aforesaid flange, and ashoulder adapted to rest on the corner-post, substantially as shown anddescribed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

STEVEN FRANKLIN BALENTINE.

lVitnesses D. R. Moovnn, A. A. DAVIS.

